January 10, 2025
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Daniel Levi

Daniel is a writer and editor for Tech Startups. Daniel has been involved in technology and gaming for over two decades. He has previous experience in software development and loves writing about emerging technologies, cybersecurity, and cryptocurrency. Daniel also enjoys hiking and camping.


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DataDome lands $42 million in Series C funding to combat bot-driven cyberattacks and fraud using AI
Daniel Levi Posted On March 30, 2023


The sophistication of malicious bots is increasing rapidly, allowing them to evade security measures. The emergence of human-bot hybrids and AI-powered bots has made it possible for these threats to consistently bypass typical point-in-time, static barriers such as traditional CAPTCHAs, […]


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NFT certification protocol Wakweli partners with Polygon
Daniel Levi Posted On March 29, 2023


Wakweli, the web3 infrastructure protocol that issues certificates of authenticity for non-fungible tokens, has joined forces with the Polygon blockchain platform. The two companies announced the official collaboration today. With this partnership, all digital assets on Polygon will be compatible […]


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The FII Institute announces two new game-changing sessions with Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz as speakers
Daniel Levi Posted On March 28, 2023


Argentina’s Minister of Economy Sergio Tomás Massa and Top Silicon Valley Investors Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz to Speak at PRIORITY, Powered by FII Institute The Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute has announced two new game-changing sessions with world-renown speakers […]


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AI chip startup Cerebras unveils open-source ChatGPT-like models with support for up to 13 billion parameters
Daniel Levi Posted On March 28, 2023


Just two weeks before the launch of ChatGPT, Silicon Valley-based AI chip startup Cerebras Systems unveiled its AI supercomputer called Andromeda. With a focus on commercial and academic research, Andromeda was built by linking 16 Cerebras CS-2 systems, which are […]


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Binance and its founder Changpeng Zhao sued by US regulators for operating an “illegal” exchange and a “sham” compliance program
Daniel Levi Posted On March 27, 2023


First, it was the fall of Terra Luna, then the collapse of San Bankman-Fried crypto exchange FTX. Is Binance the other shoe to drop in the crypto industry? A few hours ago, the world’s biggest crypto exchange Binance and its […]


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SoftBank-backed Indian tech startup Oyo to cut IPO size by two-thirds as tech valuations plunge
Daniel Levi Posted On March 27, 2023


Amid the ongoing headwinds in the tech space, SoftBank-backed Indian hospitality startup Oyo is cutting its initial public offering (IPO) size as tech valuations fall, Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Citing two people familiar with the matter, Bloomberg said that […]


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Twitter reaches over 500 million total active users just 5 months after Elon Musk takeover
Daniel Levi Posted On March 26, 2023


In just five months after Elon Musk closed the $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the popular social media platform reached a new milestone of over 500 million total active users. The news came just a week after Musk announced Twitter […]


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Terra founder Do Kwon arrested in Montenegro with falsified documents, Interior Minister says
Daniel Levi Posted On March 23, 2023


Law finally catches on Terra founder Do Kwon. The founder of Terraform Labs is reportedly arrested in Montenegro, according to a tweet by the country’s minister of interior, Filip Adzic. Do Kwon was detained at the Podgorica airport with falsified […]


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SEC charges Tron founder Justin Sun, Linsday Lohan, Jake Paul, and other celebrities with crypto fraud
Daniel Levi Posted On March 22, 2023


The founder of the Tronix and BitTorrent crypto assets, Justin Sun, who is also a Grenadian diplomat, has been charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for fraud and offering unregistered securities. In addition, the SEC also charged celebrities […]


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Nimiq adds support for gas-abstracted USDC transactions on Polygon
Daniel Levi Posted On March 22, 2023


Nimiq is set to roll out gas-abstracted USDC transactions on Polygon, which will be incorporated into its native wallet. The new feature will make it easier and more feasible for merchants to accept crypto, avoiding the typical volatility. The Blockchain […]


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tomi secures $40M in funding to build a surveillance-free alternative internet controlled by the community
Daniel Levi Posted On March 21, 2023


Over the past few years, we’ve seen big tech companies working with governments to censor free speech and information on the internet. The modern internet, spearheaded by industry giants such as Google and Facebook, was originally designed to grant users unrestricted […]


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Top 10 Cryptocurrencies Of 2023
Daniel Levi Posted On March 21, 2023


2021 was the best year for cryptocurrency when Bitcoin reached its peak of $68,000 in November of that year. But everything changed a year later and cryptocurrencies lost more than half of their value. Then almost a year later came […]


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400,000 gallons of radioactive water leaked from a nuclear power plant in Minnesota; made public after 4 months
Daniel Levi Posted On March 20, 2023


Quick Brief In November 2022, 400,000 gallons of radioactive water was leaked at Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant in Minnesota The leak was detected by routine groundwater monitoring systems and confirmed on Nov. 22, 2022, but it wasn’t made […]


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Twitter ‘just exceeded 8 billion user-minutes per day,’ Elon Musk says
Daniel Levi Posted On March 18, 2023


Though naysayers continue to predict the death of Twitter after Elon Musk bought the company last year, the social media platform continues to grow leaps and bounds and attracts millions of new users who felt left before the acquisition. Now, […]


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Here’s why Google is happy you’re using Adblock
Daniel Levi Posted On March 18, 2023


Online ads are everywhere. It’s almost impossible to find any website without some kind of ad because most online publishers depend on ads to keep the light on. But if you’re like me, I hate annoying ads. So in the early […]


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SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, files for bankruptcy
Daniel Levi Posted On March 17, 2023


SVB Financial Group, the company that owned the failed Silicon Valley Bank, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection to seek buyers for its assets. The news comes just a week after its former unit Silicon Valley Bank was taken over […]


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This guy just used GPT-4 AI to create a $100 online business; the result will surprise you
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


It was just two days ago that OpenAI announced the launch of GPT-4, the successor to ChatGPT that the company claimed to have better accuracy and the ability to beat 90% of humans on the SAT. Less than 24 hours […]


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Kraken launches its own digital asset bank following the fallout of Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


The past few weeks have seen tech-focused banks offering services to startups and crypto-friendly VCs run into financial difficulties. Silicon Valley Bank, the 16th largest bank in the US, collapsed last week after a run on deposits left the bank […]


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Poolz Finance bolsters its security, announces a restructuring plan to shore up user safety following a token exploit
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


On Tuesday, hackers exploited Poolz Finance’s decentralized IDO platform and made away with $390k just days after a $180 million Euler Finance exploit. However, within hours of the attack, the Poolz team wasted no time and immediately flagged the hacker’s […]


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Microsoft fired its entire AI ethics and society team
Daniel Levi Posted On March 16, 2023


“Microsoft fired their AI safety team?,” that was the question Elon Musk asked on Twitter following a Platformer report that “Microsoft laid off its entire ethics and society team within the artificial intelligence organization as part of recent layoffs that […]


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